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Leaf - degree of dissection (if deeply dissected or compound)

A leaf with one degree of dissection has lobes or leaflets arrayed on one axisaxis:
(n) the main stem; the central column of an inflorescence or other structure
, or has one dichotomous or trichotomoustrichotomous:
(adj) branching regularly into three parts or divisions
division; a leaf with more than one degree of dissection has each lobe or leafletleaflet:
(n) one of the leaf-like units of a compound leaf
further divided, or each dichotomous or trichotomoustrichotomous:
(adj) branching regularly into three parts or divisions
division again or repeatedly divided. Note that lobes or leaflets may be broad to filiformfiliform:
(adj) thread-like; long and thin
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one degree of dissection  
one degree of dissection
more than one degree of dissection  
more than one degree of dissection
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